Videocasts Posts

Some “technical difficulties” in producing an iPod version of The InDesigner Videocast have cropped up since Apple began its movie download service a few months ago and implemented a change in the specifications for the iPod video format. This has raised a number of questions and comments on the blog that I wanted to address [...]

Continuing the Long Documents series with the same book files used in Episode 33, this installment covers how to create an automated, dynamic Table of Contents for an InDesign book. Along the way, I emphasize the unique and critical relationship between an InDesign Table of Contents and Paragraph Styles, without which none of this would [...]

In a comment about my last episode on the Book palette, Alexandre asked:

“…when you did that monstrous job with the two-hundred-and-something-page magazine, did you use the book feature?”

My response was about three times longer than is allowed for comments (I do go on!), so I thought it warranted a post of its own. The “monstrous [...]

After a long wait, here’s a long episode about working with long documents in InDesign. This first installment in a three-part series covers the the Book palette and how to use it to manage, update and output multiple files that make up a single book. Thrown in for good measure are a few quick methods [...]

It’s the one-year anniversary of The InDesigner podcast — a year that has exceeded all my preset expectations. This episode both looks back on the past year and presents an in-depth video look at the very first tip I gave in the very first audio episode one year ago — taking advantage of Presets. From [...]

No, this isn’t the white space you learned about in design school. Rather, this episode takes an in-depth look at all eight (yes, eight!) different types of white spaces available within InDesign. What are they, where are they, and how do you use them? Find out in this latest episode.
Also…get the inside scoop about the [...]

Most of you are probably familiar with the concept of Find/Change (or Search and Replace, or whatever your word processing, spreadsheet or text editing program calls it). InDesign boasts a robust and powerful Find/Change feature that incorporates its even more powerful Paragraph and Character Style features, allowing you to search for and replace text, limit [...]

In my first InDesigner episode since joining the InDesignSecrets team, this installment is all about building photographic compositions on your InDesign page instead of relying on doing it in Photoshop like we’ve all become used to. Photoshop is great, but under the right circumstances, InDesign can be faster and more flexible. Using three examples, I [...]

Thank you, Anne-Marie and David, for the gracious welcome and build-up for me and The InDesigner videocast. It’s a pleasure to come aboard as the newest contributor to InDesignSecrets.
I look forward to the opportunity for both of our podcasts to reach, instruct, and help even more InDesign users to be more efficient, productive and creative [...]

We’re pleased to welcome Michael Murphy and his top-notch videocast, TheInDesigner, to InDesignSecrets!

If you click the Videocast link at the top of the left sidebar (right under the Podcast link), you’ll arrive at the new home we made for Michael, his own dedicated section of our web site. We’ve moved the existing posts, comments, and links from his old blog to here, so if you hadn’t had a chance to get to know this smart-as-a-whip guy or seen his tightly produced videocasts, you must check it out!

Covering topics such as Nested Styles (a three-parter), the Glyphs palette, and Tables, each video averages about ten minutes in length and is both illuminating and enjoyable. Michael optimizes the InDesigner videocasts [...]